neurologically. i've been completely drug-free (well, carbamazepine free) for like a month and a half! i've been good. i've been taking care of myself. it's actually sorta nice having a new start here at college. cause then i can just tell people straight out about it if i want. its not like awkward that i've known them for a while and just decided to tell them or whatever... and the whole not driving thing sorta gives me an excuse to tell people. not that i want to go screaming to everyone 'hey! i've got epilepsy! watch out!' but its nice knowing that people know and stuff. i'm not gonna try and hide it. i guess that comes with getting older and more confident and stuff... anyway. so yea. i've been feeling good. if i'm super tired or haven't eaten enough or something, every now and then i'll feel weird/off. it sorta freaks me out. but the couple times its happened is at night or something. i'm trying not to worry about it. it's really easy to be paranoid and think every little thing is something. but yea. even with all the stress and stuff, nothing big has happened. which makes me really really happy :) it gets annoying not being able to drive, but its worth it in the end... so yea. it's going good! yay! :)
physically. so. i thought that once i got off the carbatrol, all the joint crap would magically go away. it was not to be so. though my mom did say that she read it can take months for the symptoms to totally go away if it was drug-induced lupus... but yea. i dont think the heavy backpack and all the walking have helped things. and i've been exercising/being active quite a bit. more impact than my joints were used to over the summer... :) it's mostly been my knees, like usual. but my hips and shoulders have been a bit picky lately too. at this moment, my right knee is not happy. it's thankfully not swollen (yet anyway) but its to the point where it aches even if i'm not moving and it hurts to walk... :/ i took a relafen so hopefully i'll be able to sleep...
so yea. that's my medical update. still not perfect (though i highly doubt it ever will be), but good :)
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So, sooooooo, cool that you have gotten through all that stress I(and a cycle) without having any seizure activity. Bummer that the joints are not reacting quite as quickly, but there's still time for that to happen. Once again, the "p" word.....Ugh. :-) I'm proud of you and your positive attitude...hang in there!!
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